02023cam a22002537 4500001000600000003000500006005001700011008004100028100002400069245011600093260006600209490004100275500001900316520087100335530006101206538007201267538003601339690008701375690011601462710004201578830007601620856003701696856003601733w4530NBER20161209103212.0161209s1993 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aBorsch-Supan, Axel.10aAging in Germany and the United Statesh[electronic resource]:bInternational Comparisons /cAxel Borsch-Supan. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc1993.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w4530 aNovember 1993.3 aThis paper reports on a set of international comparisons of how the German and the U.S. economies are affected by population aging. The paper's main focus is on the influence of institutional arrangements such as government regulations and subsidies on retirement, savings and housing choices in the two countries. Germany faces a particularly pronounced aging process. Her dependency ratio is already now as large as it will be in the year 2015 in the U.S., and it is predicted to exceed 43 percent at its peak in 2030. In this respect, changes that are occurring in Germany now may be regarded as indicative for changes to come in the United States. Retirement, savings and housing behavior differ quite markedly between Germany and the United States, and I will show that most of these differences are consistent with the incentives applicable to each country. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aJ26 - Retirement • Retirement Policies2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aD91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving2Journal of Economic Literature class.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w4530.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w453041uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w4530